Tap Who can see your future posts? to select who can see the posts on your timeline. The posts you share on Facebook will be visible to the audience you select unless you specify otherwise when posting. Tap Limit who can see past posts if you want to switch all of your old public posts to Friends Only. Tap Who can see the people, Pages, and lists you follow to choose who can view parts of your profile, such as your name, email address, and workplace.
Tap Who can send you friend requests? if you want to require that someone have mutual friends before being able to add you. Tap Who can see your friends list? to adjust who can see your entire list of friends. Even if you make your friends list private, mutual friends will always be seen. Tap Who can look you up using the email address/phone number you provided? options to choose whether people can find your profile by entering that info. Tap Who can look up your timeline by name? to control who can search for your name to view your profile. Tap Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile? to choose whether people can find your profile by searching for you on Google or Bing. Tap the back button to return to the previous screen.
If you want to be the only one who can post to your timeline, tap Who can post on your timeline? and select Only Me. If not, you can skip this step. If you want to control the audience of your friends’ posts on your timeline, tap Who can see what others post on your timeline? and select an audience. To manage whether people can share your posts on in their stories, tap Allow others to share your posts to their stories?
To change who sees the posts you’re tagged in on your timeline, tap Who can see posts you’re tagged in on your timeline? If you have facial recognition enabled (which it is by default), friends who share photos of you will be prompted to tag you in their posts. To disable this feature, tap Who sees tag suggestions when photos that look like you are uploaded? and select No One. To manually approve tags other people leave on your timeline, tap Review tags people add to your posts before the tags appear on Facebook? and tap On. If you don’t want tags to appear on your timeline without your approval, tap Review posts you’re tagged in before the post appears on your timeline? and select On. Tap the back button to return to the menu.
Tap the back button to return to the main menu after making your edits.
Toggle the “Location History” switch On or Off to control whether Facebook can keep track of everywhere you go. Tap View Your Location History to see which of your locations Facebook has saved. Tap the back button to return to the previous menu.
Tap the back button to return to the previous menu.
Tap Your Interests to view and edit the information Facebook has collected about things you like. Tap Advertisers to hide or unhide ads from businesses who have your contact information. Tap Your Information to manage which details Facebook can use to show you relevant ads. Tap Ad Settings to adjust how ads are displayed. Tap the back button until you’ve returned to your timeline.
Tap the profile icon to return your profile. Tap the gear icon below your photo. Tap Edit Profile. Scroll down and tap Edit under the “Details” section. Tap the pencil icon to the right of each option to bring up the privacy options. Select an audience from the drop-down menu and tap Save.
Click Edit next to “Who can see your future posts?” Select an audience from the menu below the sample post box. Click Close to save your changes. Click Use Activity Log to see a list of all of your posts, their corresponding privacy settings, and the posts in which you’ve been tagged. If you want to change the privacy of all of your posts to Friends Only, click Limit Past Posts at the bottom of the “Your Activity” section, and then click the Limit Past Posts button.
Click Edit next to “Who can send you friend requests?” to restrict friend requests from anyone who is not a friend-or-friend. To manage who can see who is on your friends list, click Edit next to “Who can see your friends list?” and select an option from the menu. Click Edit next to “Who can look you up using the email address you provided?” and “Who can look you up using the phone number you provided?” to manage your preferences. Click Edit next to “Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile?” to control whether people can find your Facebook profile by searching your name on Google.
If you want to be the only one who can post to your timeline, click Edit next to “Who can post on your timeline?” and select Only me. If you just want to restrict posts that contain certain words or phrases, click Edit next to “Hide comments containing certain words from your timeline” instead. To manage whether people can share your posts on in their stories, click Edit next to “Allow others to share your posts to their stories?”
To change who sees the posts you’re tagged in on your timeline, click Edit next to “Who can see posts you’re tagged in on your timeline?” If you don’t want tags to appear on your timeline without your approval, click Edit next to “Review posts you’re tagged in before the post appears on your timeline?” If you turn this feature On, you must approve tags before they will appear on your profile. If you have facial recognition enabled, friends who share photos of you will be prompted to tag you in their posts. To manage your preferences for this option, click Face Recognition in the left column.
Click Your Interests to view and edit the information Facebook has collected about things you like. Click Advertisers and Businesses to hide or unhide ads from businesses who have your contact information. Click Your Information to manage which of your personal details Facebook can use to show you relevant ads. Click Ad Settings to adjust your preferences for how ads are displayed.
Click the small version of your profile photo in the blue bar at the top of the page. Click About in the row of links below your cover photo. In the “About” section at the top of the page, click through each of the links in the left side of the box (Work and Education, Places You’ve Lived, etc. ) to see which information you’ve provided Facebook. To adjust who can see each bit of information, hover your cursor over the info until a small icon of a lock, globe, or two overlapping gray heads appears. Click the small icon to bring up the audience options and then make your selection.
